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Do You Like Tile Used This Way?

6 years ago

I don't mind it in a retail environment, in homes not so much






Comments (33)

  • 6 years ago

    No. I would be tempted to wear black and white clothing and try to hide in it.

  • 6 years ago

    I think this really depends on your lifestyle...to put it simply if you mostly use your kitchen for coffee and to heat up take-out this is very cool...it you really cook and need stuff on the counters and other handy utensils on the wall etc. the drama would be lost in the normal kitchen clutter

  • 6 years ago

    I’m not OCD until I see something like this tile.

  • 6 years ago
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    Maddielee - yep! This brings it out in me too!

    I'm not a fan. For something that's meant to look freeform and artsy, I think it somehow just looks like it's trying too dang hard (which is probably how I look at the ripe old age of 50-something when my tattoos are on display ;-)).

  • 6 years ago

    I am not a fan of the one Jim shared. Coincidentally, I have something of a similar freeform nature saved in my favorites. I strongly dislike the 'missing' tiles in Jim's image. I think I like the one below because it is a sort of organized disorder- IYKWIM

  • 6 years ago

    Oh dear.

    The tile on the wall seems the opposite of what it should be, which is easy to clean.

    I've seen floors where mosaic tile blends into hardwood flooring, which I kind of like if it's not done in an overly busy fashion.

  • 6 years ago

    It looks as if someone ran out of tile, and is waiting for the back-ordered colors.

  • 6 years ago

    I agree with Maddielee, completely! OMG!

  • 6 years ago

    It's fine for a commercial setting. The partial wall tile just seems weird for residential. The floor tile would be fine in the right house.

  • 6 years ago

    I want to go fix it.

  • 6 years ago

    I might find it interesting in a restaurant, bar or store, but not so much for homes.

  • 6 years ago

    Like but don't love; admittedly, I go for more traditional styles, and this would really only work in a more modern space. I would like it in a friend's house, but I wouldn't be tempted to copy it.

    Yes, it does look more like a restaurant. Or public bathroom.

  • 6 years ago

    NOOOOOO vertigo.

  • 6 years ago

    I actually like the section on the floor and on the darker part of the wall. I would have preferred the section on the lighter part of the wall above the range to be completed to the level of the window divider and then flowing into the section on the darker part of the wall. That to me would make sense.

  • 6 years ago

    No, that tile doesn't speak to me.

  • 6 years ago
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    I don’t like the way that particular tile and two tone somewhat coordinating floor was done. I have recently seen tile done in unusual ways that I do like. I probably would not be brave enough to do it myself but ...maybe I would.

    It‘s not so bad if not overdone with the same on the floor.



    These are interesting!









    Not tile but groovy.



    A mixup.



    You may be wondering why I have these examples on hand. Yep, I’ve been thinking. Maybe.

  • 6 years ago
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    I don't dislike it. I could make it work. What I love about that space in the range hood. Is that a range hood?

  • 6 years ago

    It’s a hard pass for me. I want to take a chisel and chip the lone dark hex tile right off of that wall... Consider me team maddielee.

  • 6 years ago

    Really wishing to see around the corner.

    I does seem a bit cartoonish - wondering how it blends with the rest of the space...?

  • 6 years ago

    I don't like anything in that picture...not the tile, not the lights, not the cabinets...

  • 6 years ago
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    No. No no no no. No.

    I couldn’t even see anything in the photo besides the tiles at first.

  • 6 years ago

    No

  • 6 years ago

    The homeowners must be really tall. The wine glasses are above the pendant lights.

  • 6 years ago

    I'm afraid that sort of thing makes my tummy feel wonky. I don't think I could bear to live with something so disquieting. I can't see any beauty in that.

  • 6 years ago

    I like it. I think it is playful. I did something similar in my mother's bathroom back in 1988, but I used 4x4 white tiles with black tiles interspersed to make the walls look like a crossword puzzle. I also did a red bullnose tile border around the walls. The walls I did had a symmetry to them, as crossword puzzles do, and so it was not completely random, as the example you showed appears to be, but I still like it.

  • 6 years ago

    I'm going to say it, "I HATE IT!!!". There, I said it! HA!

  • 6 years ago

    I like the "random" pattern but don't like the three missing tiles on the wall. I remember seeing this last year in a showroom and thought it was fun but not for me.

  • 6 years ago

    Bold—I dig it.

  • 6 years ago

    I actually like it. A lot. But it is not practical and not for me. Perhaps in a showroom or something.

  • 6 years ago

    Haha @ Lars - and where do many people do crossword puzzles?

  • 6 years ago

    Nope! I really like the hex tile itself but the randomness makes my brain hurt.

  • 6 years ago

    I like the concept, though not this particular execution. Justerrilynn's examples are closer to what I like. I'm actually thinking very seriously about an uneven top-line for my bathroom backsplash. Still looking for the right tile but I think a white/brushed brass inlay in a hex would look so cool, arranged like the blue & white hex design she posted. It's so "quiet" in there that I think it can handle the tension. No? My original plan was to have towers come down to the counter, and I can still do that, but I don't need the additional storage.


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